There are 2 points. I must say before my statement and everyone start throwing hands and complain.
1) Yes Cat was making everyone's life miserable.
2) Yes she needed to be balanced.
Now!
Did she deserved nerfs?
No. She deserved adjustments. Planned adjustments.
I know some might not understand the difference, which is fine (I'm not judging, or am I?)
She's a new hero, a high skill ceiling dive hero, and unfortunately the majorty of the playerbase hates dive (rest well dead fist and My Wakandan king)
The way she gets SHOT IN THE HEAD, legitimately after 4 weeks of release Is insane, this kills the potential for any high skill ceiling heros that are planned for the future.
Specially for dive, because you don't just have to pew pew get a kill.
The way they treated their recent newly released hero based on feedback and complain is insane, any future new heros their kits will be affected creativity wise, skill level so that ppl wouldn't complain,
Rivals should set a futre plan for every hero they release adjustments wise so they avoid "benching" the hero until future notice.
(Dino is a part of this conversation too, but no one cares about Tanks anyway right?)
I really thought Black Cat was gonna be their dive cash cow that they never nerf, kind of like how Luna and Invis are for support, but man, the new Black Cat is GENUINELY unplayable.
It's possible to adapt but what's the point? All the nerfs stacked up make her so unfun to play. It's one thing to nerf a hero, it's another to completely eradicate them.